Starting in the 2011 college football season, football players caught taunting opponents en route to scoring a touchdown a flag would “nullify the score and penalize the offending team 15 yards from the spot of the foul” according to the NCAA.

Finger-wagging or any actions that imply superiority headed into the endzone will not be tolerated. Under the previous rules, unsportsmanlike conduct of this kind was considered a dead-ball foul, not a live-ball foul. Excessive celebration penalties will continue to be assessed on the ensuing kickoff or extra point, two-point conversion attempt.

The NCAA Football Rules Committee made the recommendation last February and the measure This rule change received near-majority support from the American Football Coaches Association convention in January, according to the NCAA.

“Our committee firmly believes in the team concept of college football,” said Mike Bellotti, chair of the committee and athletics director at Oregon. “Taunting and prolonged individual acts have no place in our game, and our officials have generally handled these rules well. This is just another step in maintaining our game’s image and reflecting the ideals of the NCAA overall.”

Comments

this rule is only directed at Black athlete’s,every Black athlete who played football or basketball while growing up in the hood, alway’s did a little side dance,or you might call it, shuckn and jiving, after making a touchdown or a slamdunk or even a jump shot,now the most RACISTS,COMMUNIST organization in the world,the NCAA,want the Black athlete to be choir boy’s while celebrating!

Fourth paragraph has some editing issues in the first sentence.
As for the new rule, that’s a lot to TAKE AWAY 6 points. If a kid’s just excited or an idiot on his way to the end zone, I don’t know … Sportsmanship definitely has its place in this, for sure. But taking away 6 points because the play worked or you’re more athletically gifted on that occasion ??? Peace.

Giving the officials more opportunities for “judgement calls” is just stupid. What is enthusiasm and what is taunting? We’re going to leave that up to some poor official? Can you imagine the uproar this is going to cause the first time it decides a big inter-conference game? Stupid. The rule was fine the way it was.

this is giving to the officials the power to take away legitimate touchdowns according to an individual judgment of a person on what is taunting or what is not. Obviously it is against african-americans who play with a lot of emotions and are more prone to communicate them.
We are going to see a lot of fans very upset at the officials.